Study Gall et al. (1997): study US 1971
- Public
- University students, USA, 1971
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 86
- Non Response
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- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
And content analysis
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Relative affect balance_A
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Ratio of percent of day in happy moods over percent of day in unhappy moods as assessed using the following questions:
A What percentage of the time you were awake today did you feel happy?
B What percentage of the time did you feel unhappy?
C What percentage of the time did you feel neutral (neither happy nor unhappy)
Ss were told that the three percentages should add up to equal 100%
Observed Relation with Happiness
% neutral moods : r = -.40 (01)
% unhappy moods : r = -.77 (01)